Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Front Of House Front Of House This is the West-facing side of the house.  To the right is South, to the left is North.  The squaris...

Watermelon Pepper Barrel  I think this is the Idaho-developed Cougar Mountain watermelon.  Watching closely for signs of ripeness. ...

Bearded Iris raised beds. Not much to see with the irises.  Sweet alyssum, marigolds are taking more space than I expected.  Swiss chard...

Grafted Tomato Hawaiian Pineapple.  Broccoli. Chilis This grafted tomato is growing fast.  There are flower buds which were present...

This is the plan for the kitchen garden for next year.  I used a high-tech method called "writing on an old mailing envelope using a pe...

The chili's are doing well considering the little I've done for them. Mainly just watering. One half-barrel is enough to supply 2 ...

THe peppers did quite nicely this year. I've concluded that, in this area, the container method is the best way to grow them

These beans are growing like crazy! They are blooming great! These are an Italian pole bean. The container is a plastic basket, with hole...

This weekend was literally a sit-on-my-butt weekend doing homework. Now at 7pm sunday night I'm done-enough although "done" i...

Late summer planting of Roma bush beans. These are very good stir-fried with mushrooms, garlic, and peanuts, along with some stir fry noodle...

Peppers looking great. Now I need to pick them and figure out something to cook. I'm thinking about making risotto-stuffed peppers. I...

Also mint, basil, volunteer cilantro, bell peppers, chilis (still green). A couple dozen fell off with the heavy rains the past few days. ...

Studying diligently for my recertification, not spending time in the garden. Always some reason to neglect it! That's one of the great ...

The peppers sat and sulked for a couple of months. So did the eggplants. Then suddenly... They shot up and grew like crazy. Now blooming, a...

Here's what happened with the potatoes. They grew lush and green, then the weather warmed up. I thought I should keep them going a litt...

This is Petite negri fig. Quite a few brebas, plumping up. This is another tree that attracts birds, so is covered with a net. Net on to...